Best British Actor of All Time

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Soft Joe said:

Steve Mcfadden 

In that case, Ross Kemp.

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

In that case, Ross Kemp.

McFaddens better at dogging

[Guest]

Sean Connery

Jeremy Irons

John Hurt

Christopher Lee

Emma Thompson

Audrey Hepburn

 

[Tony Moanero]

Has Peter Sellers been mentioned?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

No mention of Archibald Leach yet?

 

[Shitty Arse]

Roy Kinnear

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

McFaddens better at dogging

Explains why actors get nominated for winning an Oscar.

[General Dryness]

1 hour ago, Vincent Vega said:

Richard Harris is from Limerick.

Your mum is from Limerick.

[Pidge]

 

also, underrated:

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, General Dryness said:

Your mum is from Limerick.

Your mum is a limerick.

[General Dryness]

2 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Your mum is a limerick.

There once was a mum from limerick 

I couldn't be fucking bothered

[Vincent Vega]

6 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

Your mum is from Limerick.

Close but no cigar. She’s from Dundalk actually.

[Guest]

Just now, General Dryness said:

There once was a mum from limerick 

I couldn't be fucking bothered

Words that rhyme with limerick would take this into NSFW territory.

[General Dryness]

3 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Close but no cigar. She’s from Dundalk actually.

There was a young mum from Dundalk

Who was quite a big fan of pork

With a burp and a cough

She pulled my end off

And I squirted all over her norks

 

[Guest]

There was a young man called Vincent

Who came from Dundalk as an infant

His ma spent the day

On the Liverpool way

And now she's not so innocent.

 

[cloggypop]

1 hour ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

 

Audrey Hepburn

 

She's not actually that British . She is in part from her father but she's far more Dutch. 

[Bjornebye]

There was a young girl from Netherlands 

who tried to cross the river 

then Cloggypop

Showed her his cock

Now look at her shiver 

[s(k)aturation]

3 hours ago, General Dryness said:

There was a young mum from Dundalk

Who was quite a big fan of pork

With a burp and a cough

She pulled my end off

And I squirted all over her norks

 

There once was a vampire called Mabel

Whose periods were very unstable

One night at full moon

She picked up a spoon

And drank herself under the table

 

O'Toole probably for me, by the way.

 

 

[Jairzinho]

5 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

There was a young girl from Netherlands 

who tried to cross the river 

then Cloggypop

Showed her his cock

Now look at her shiver 

Is this dubstep?

[Paul]

The two best performances I’ve ever seen by British actors are Vicky McClure in This Is England ‘86 and Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley. 
 

Even though I think the likes of DDL and Gary Oldman are amazing and each has an amazing range of skills and roles that reflect them, I think I just prefer the subtlety of a more naturalistic performance of a character who is “ordinary”. The evocation of authentic human emotions in “everyday” dramatic moments is more impressive to me than playing Churchill, a spy, a psychotic oil man or a disabled artist. 
 

In no way am I diminishing the greatness of the two blokes I’ve mentioned there (they’re both incredible and I love their films - especially GO’s in State Of Grace); rather I’m stating how McClure and Lancashire are in stellar company. 
 

Lancashire’s range in Happy Valley is mind-blowing and you don’t see her as the bar maid from Corrie in another role; rather she simply is that rural police sergeant and surrogate mum/nan who endures everyday grind, awful grief and extreme violence. 
 

And as for Vicky McClure in TIE ‘86! Fuck me, I have never seen anything like the scene she has with Johnny Harris. It is so fucking visceral. I have never felt more tense or engaged in anything on the screen in my life than that. And then Stephen Graham arrives and she takes the scene in another direction completely. Honestly find it hard to comprehend how they went in and out of performance, so real does it seem. It’s absolutely wonderful stuff. 

[Evelyn Tentions]

11 hours ago, Mendoza said:

Albert Finney

Bob Hoskins

John Hurt

Jim Broadbent

Paddy Considine

Sean Harris

Sean Harris rep. Great actor.

[Anubis]

No Charles Lawson, Kevin Kennedy or Paul Henry? Disappointing. Disappointing.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Most of the big names have already been mentioned. What about Sean Bean, David Jason and Timothy Spall. 

[Elite]

Just now, Pistonbroke said:

Most of the big names have already been mentioned. What about Sean Bean, David Jason and Timothy Spall. 

David Jason is a good shout. 

[Jose Jones]

14 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

Most of the big names have already been mentioned. What about Sean Bean, David Jason and Timothy Spall. 

Sean Bean’s command of accents surely places him in the top tier by itself.